The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-04

tiller to commit suicide so quick as to see his corn disappearing, and no whisky coming forth. Though he fed the corn to oxen. and rich milk was produced that would sell for more than the whisky. he would not be satisfied He would mourn the loss of the whisky which he knows was concealed about that corn, but which can never be utilized unless the corn goes through the distillery be- fore coming in contact with the OK. There can be but one result, in con- nection with this over production of whisky. The distillerS. and the men who have advanced money on an arti- cle for which there is no sale. must beg for bread. They cannot turn the whisky into money. With warehouses full of whisky. men will be obliged to subsist on charity. The free soup house, and the free lunch counter will be their boarding place. Nothing can be done to revive the whisky market. If every man. woman and child in the country would drink an extra quart of whisky Il day, for year, the mar ket might be eased up little. but they won't do it. A few men are try ing hard to drink up all the whisky in sight, but it is herculean under taking, and every day these enterpris- ing and patriotic men are being gath cred to that long home where whisky never enters. They are dying in their tracks. They think they are relieving the market, but the diStillers are mak- ing more every day than the men can drink. There are several methods by which the visible supply of whisky can be reduced. The distillers and proprietorS of bonded warehouses should get together and formulate plan. X portion of the whisky might be insured for a large sum, and spon- taneously combust. Another portion might be given to newspapers to offer as premiums for subscribers, a gallon for every new subscriber. Some might be used to sprinkle streets. Quanti- ties might be poured into filthy rivers. to purify them. Then burn about half the distilleries, and let the wevil get into the corn crop for one season and it seems aS though the over pro- duction might be brought down to something near what the consumption is. It is question that requires a great head to solve, and it is possible there should be a new cabinet officer. whose duty it should be to regulate whisky. It has been supposed that when n Democratic administration came in. the accumulated whisky would be exhausted. but it don't seem to make any difference. Republicans carried the idea that the over-produc- tion of whisky was owing to the fact that Democrats had been out of power so long that they did not have money enough to buy whisky. Many distil- lers voted the Democratic ticket on business grounds, hoping change in administration would create boom in whisky. What was their disgust to see the Democratic president go to work and deliberately appoint sober men to office This was too much. and it has been discovered that some- thing else must be depended on to start the whisky barrel to rolling. In the meantime. people who are asked to subscribe money to keep million | aire whisky dealers from the poor house, should come down literally. | And the prohibitionists should be choked off till the whisky on hand is disposed ot. This is no time for pro- hibition.